Anonymous wrote:We haven’t been told either if the bonus final is the fastest 11 and unders or just the kids that placed 17-24. Wouldn’t they just call it 2 consolation heats if those heats were the swimmers that placed 9-24?

No, generally I think 3 heats of finals would be called championship, consolation, and bonus. But I could be wrong?

Here is last year’s NCSA age group announcement: https://www.teamunify.com/recndncsa/UserFiles/Image/QuickUpload/ncsa-spring-2023-age-group-final_048366.pdf

We haven’t been told either if the bonus final is the fastest 11 and unders or just the kids that placed 17-24. Wouldn’t they just call it 2 consolation heats if those heats were the swimmers that placed 9-24?

Huh, it doesn’t mention it in the meet announcement. Just says three heats of finals.

If your team is going, do you know if the bonus final is still for only the younger half of the age group (11 year olds and 13 year olds)? This is how it has been in the past, but I’m pretty sure the meet announcement specified that. This year, I don’t see anything about that in the meet announcement, but it does say there will be bonus, consolation, and championship finals. Since they also got rid of the 10u session, I’m wondering if this is another change? Anyone in the know?